Ink-holder.



No. 789,012. 7 PATENTED MAY 2, 1905.

L. EDELMUTH & R. NAUMANN.

INK HOLDER,

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14,1904.

ATTORNEYS s m W W UNHED STATES Patented May 2, 1905.

PATENT OEETEE.

LEONARD EDELMUTH AND ROBERT NAUMANN, OF NEl/V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO N & E INK RESERVOIR (10., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

INK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,012, dated May 2, 1905.

Application filed July 14, 1904. Serial No. 216,524.

To a, wit/177i, it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEONARD EDELMUTI-I and ROBERT NAUMANN, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ink-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates particularly to improvements in devices for holding inks, the object being to provide a holder of novel construction, so arranged as to protect the ink from dirt and air, thus preserving the ink in good condition, and, further, to provide a structure that will facilitate the handling of inks substantially without loss or waste.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the general description.

We will describe an ink-holder embodying our invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ink-holder embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the ink-receptacle. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a detail showing a modification in the means for tightening the receptacle-cover.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates the body of the ink-receptacle, consisting of any suitable metal, the said body being open at its rear end and also open at its front end. The open front end, however, is provided with a removable cover 6, in the flange portion 7 of which spirallydisposed outwardlyopening slots 8 are formed to receive pins 9 on the body. Arranged within the cover and adapted to engage with the front end of the body is a packing-ring 10, consisting of rubber or other suitable material that will form a snug joint between the parts and prevent the entrance of air. It may be here stated that the device is designed to be airtight; but if it is not absolutely so it will operate efliciently. Obviously by rotating the cover on the body the packing-ring will be drawn closely into contact with the parts because of the inclined walls of the slots 8. To facilitate the turning of the cover, either for applying it or for removing it, we provide it with a perforated lug 11, in which a rod or lever may be inserted. The cover is provided with an outlet-spout 12, which extends forward with a slight upward incline. This spout is rectangular in form. and is normally closed by a cap 1.3, having spirally-disposed outwardly-opening slots 14 in its flangefor receiving pins 15, extended from opposite sides of the spout. All of the corners of the spout are preferably rounded, as shown at 13, to permit more perfect and efiicient cleaning. Arranged Within the cap is a packing 16, of rubber or other suitable material, which will engage closely against the end of the spout, thus preventing the entrance of air.

Arranged on the body portion 5 is a holder for a ticket indicating the color, name, price, quality, or the like. This holder consists of guides 17, having inwardlyextended flanges under which the ticket 18 is designed to engage, and, if desired, a transparent cover 19 may be placed over the ticket. Preferably this transparent cover will consist of mica, because it is not readily broken and will easily curve to conform to the guides.

The bottom of the receptacle is arranged to slide longitudinally in the receptacle, thus forming a piston to force the ink out of the spout 12. This piston-bottom consists of metal plates 20 21, secured between which is a packing material 22, the edge of said packing material being turned over the edge of the plate 21, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

When ink is to be ejected from the receptacle for use, the receptacle is held in a frame to be hereinafter described and having means for moving the piston. The pistonbottom is prevented from being moved outward through the open. rear end of the receptacle by an annular flange 23, formed at said crating the piston, it is obvious that it may 6 rear end. All the corners of said flanges are be operated by other mechanical devices rounded, as shown at 23 to facilitate cleanwithout departing from the spirit of our ining. The rear side of the piston is provided vention.

5 at intervals with lugs 24, each having a plate Having thus described our invention, we 25 at the outer end and a rear plate 26, and claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 70 thus laterally-opening pockets are formed at Patent opposite sides of the lugs to receive wings 27, 1. In a device of the character described, extended from a disk 28, having rotary conan ink-receptacle comprising a body portion nection with a plunger-rod 29, and as a open at its rear end and having a removable means for turning the wings into the pockets cover for its front end, the said open rear end 75 we provide a turning-rod 30, which at its in having an annular flange, a bottom movable ner end is secured to the disk 28 and extends in the body portion to operate as a piston, outward, terminating in an angular portion an outlet-spout extended from the cover,

31, forming a handpiece. pins extended outward from said spout, and

When the device is in use, the receptacle is a cap for said spout having slots for receiv- 0 designed to be placed in a metal frame 32 ing said pins. and is clamped therein by thumb-screws 33, 2. In a device of the character described, passing through front walls of the frame and an ink-receptacle comprising a body portion,

impinging against the cover of the receptaa bottom movable in said body portion to cle. These thumb-screws 33 will clamp the serve as a piston, laterally-opening pockets 8 5 rear end of the receptacle tightly against a on the rear side of said bottom, an actuatingshoulder 34, formed in the frame. The orrod, and means caried by said rod for engagtion of the frame receiving the receptac e is ing in said pockets upon a relative rotary 2 5 substantially semicircular in cross section, motion between said means and said bottom and the plunger-rod 29 has a bearing 35 in portion. 0 the rear wall of the frame, and it also has a 3. In a device of the character described, bearing 36, attached to an arm 37, extended an ink-receptacle comprising a body portion, upward from the base 38. On one of the a bottom movable in the body portion to 0 side bars of the frame is secured a plate serve asapiston, aflange carried by the body 39, having a plurality of pairs of spaced lugs portion and having rounded corners, a pack- 95 40, and between the lugs of a pair a spreading carried by said bottom, means for deing knife or spatula 41 is designed to be sup tachably connecting an actuating device ported, thus keeping the knives or spatulas with said bottom, a cover for the receptacle,

3 5 in convenient position for use. Pivoted to having spirally-disposed outwardly-opening lugs 42 on the base 38 is an actuating-lever slots in its flange, pins on the body for engag- 1o 43. This lever is provided with an opening, ing in said slots, a packing-ring arranged in throughv which the rod 29 passes, and the opthe cover for engaging with the front end posite walls of this opening are longitudinal, of the receptacle body, a spout extended as indicated at 44, to receive pins 45, exfrom the cover and having rounded corners,

tended outward from the rod 29. pinson opposite sides of said spout, a cap for 10 In Fig. 5 we have shown a modified form engaging over the spout, the flange of said of devices for tightening the cover on the recap being provided with spirallydisposed ceptacle-body. This means consists of a bislots for receiving said pins, and a packing in 45 furcated rod 46, designed to receive a pin 47 the cap.

on the cover, and this rod 46 is provided 4. In a device of the character described, 11 with a threaded perforation to receive a an ink-receptacle having a movable bottom screw 48, the lower end of which is swiveled forming a piston, 'a cover for the receptacle, in the lug 49, attached to the receptaclemeans for tightening the cover on the recep- 50 body. tacle, a supporting-frame, a plunger-rod In the operation the ink-containing recepmovable in the frame and adapted for remov- I 1 tacle will be placed in the frame and secured able engagement with the movable bottom, a as before mentioned. Then the disk 28 will slotted lever mounted to swing on the frame be rotated by means of the rod 30 to engage and a pin extended from the plunger-rod into the wings 27 in the pockets on the rear side the lever-slot.

of the piston-bottom, as clearly indicated in 5. In a device of the character described, 12 Figs. 2 and 4. Then it is desired to eject an ink-receptacle having a movable bottom, ink, the cap 13 is to be removed and the pisa frame for receiving the receptacle, means ton-bottom moved forward by means of the i for clamping the receptacle in the frame, a

lever 43. It is obvious that a single frame l plunger-rod movable in the frame, a rotary will necessarily have a considerable number i partcarried bytherod and adaptedforremov- 12 of receptacles containing inks of different able engagement with the movable bottom, colors.

| and an actuating-lever engaging with said While we have shown a hand-lever for opl plunger-rod.

6. In a device of the character described, 1 names to this specification in the presence of w an ink-receptacle frame, a plunger-rod two subscribing witnesses.

mounted to move longitudinally in the LEONARD EDELMU TH. frame, a disk mounted to rotate 0n the plun- ROBERT N AUMANN ger-rod, and a rod extended outward from Witnesses:

i said disk for rotating the same OTTO DEFFAA,

In testimony whereof we have signed our GEO. DEFFAA. 

